Wall Street: Market and Points

wall street: On Thursday, the key market gauge rose 1.43 points. ; The Topix, including all first-section issues, closed up 6.37 points, or 0.39 percent, at 1,625.48, after losing 0.23 point the previous day, according to The Japan Times. Investors took heart from the continuing rally of New York stocks, brokers said. The Nikkei 225 average climbed 19.05 points, or 0.09 percent, to end at 20,118.86. But Tokyo stocks moved in a narrow range throughout Friday, by contrast to Wall Street, where the Dow Jones industrial average rewrote the record closing high for the second straight day Thursday. Market sentiment was not bad, but the market lacked vigor, Hiroaki Hiwada, strategist at Toyo Securities Co., said, adding that Friday's minor rise was supported by investors hunting for major issues. The market remained relatively quiet before a series of upcoming key events in Japan and abroad, brokers said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.